ABSTRACT: In this thesis, some smoothing techniques in multivariate and functional data analysis such as, kernel smoothing, local linear regression (LLR), spline smoothing and smoothing together with principal components ...

In any process that produces useful output, more than one and in many cases tens or hundreds of variables are involved. With the advancement of technology the number of observations has also dramatically increased, to ...

Background: This book is aimed at examining and analyzing the impacts of educational tourism on the local community of Famagusta North Cyprus both positive and negative through cultural and social interactions between the ...

Considering the noticeable attraction of users to social networking sites, lots of research has been carried out to take advantage of the users’ information available in these sites. Knowledge mining techniques have ...

This study explores how social media is used as a destination marketing tool for a sustainable diaspora cultural heritage festival quality in Nigeria, drawing on the theory of planned behaviour. The festival, a trip ...

Social media is a new kind of media that day by day becomes more important and takes irreplaceable place in peoples‟ everyday lives. As time passes usage purposes of social media gets wider and covers many different purposes. ...

The rapid developments in technology have brought along new tendencies, one of which is social media. Today, social media are used for various purposes by many people around the world. The present study investigates into ...

This paper discusses how Turkish Cypriot orthopedically impaired learners who are living in North Cyprus use social networking as a tool for leisure and education, and to what extent they satisfy their personal development ...

Apart from palpable and potent effects of the tourism on the economy and the physical environment, it can be contributed to the socio-cultural vicissitudes in the host communities. Educational tourism as one of the most ...